Bringing Design Thinking to Life Through Design Sprints

You have probably heard the terms design thinking and design sprints around the office, but what are they and why are they important? Design thinking focuses the creative development process on the customer from the beginning. This shift in thinking leads to better products, services, solutions and processes for the end user. Using design sprint methods pioneered by IDEO and Google Ventures, students will explore what kinds of organizational challenges could benefit from a design sprint, how to assemble the ideal design sprint team and how to advocate for the use of design sprints in their organization. By the end of this course, students should be able to apply design thinking principles and the steps in the design sprint process to address a specific challenge in their organization.